December 23, 2000 – 8:12 pm
Written by Kevin Checchia
One night on patrol at an East German check point, our six man patrol was at our third stop looking through A/N PVS5’s. The NCOIC said that the East Germans in the guard tower were taking infared pictures of us, that’s why we kept seeing the flashes in PVS5’s. Well, this went [...]
December 23, 2000 – 5:53 pm
by Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (AFPN) — “How’s it going?” Bernard Rostker recently
asked a soldier during a room inspection at Fort Carson, Colo.
“I’m really ticked off,” the soldier candidly told the
Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. “They dragged me
back from Bosnia to go to school. I could’ve gone to school later.
December 1, 2000 – 5:40 pm
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February 23, 1991 – 5:26 pm
Submitted by: Bob Dobson
When the ground war started I was escorting a reporter from Stars and Stripes and another service. When the time table shifted we were scrambling to capture the first shot fired and located 2 HOW. The platoon we were watching fired its mission and prepared to jump. The Plt Leader, Gene Lanzillo [...]
December 12, 1965 – 4:45 pm
Submitted by: Rob Gould
A 2nd Armd Cav Gallop through History
From war against the Indians in the festering swamps of Florida during the Seminole Campaign to Iron Curtain sentry duty in the 1960’s-the United States Army’s oldest cavalry regiment has galloped across a turbulent swath of American history.
Born out of the necessity of cleaning up [...]
August 23, 1965 – 5:49 pm
NUERNBERG, Germany (S&S)- In its 129 year history the 2nd Armd Cav (originally known as the 2nd Dragoons) has galloped and rolled its way through battles ranging from Little Big Horn in the American West to Bastogne in World War II Europe.
Today, using helicopters, jeeps, airplanes and feet, the Army’s oldest active-duty cavalry regiment patrols [...]
